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Old 05-24-07 | 07:00 PM
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Bikes: Schwinn Empire XL

Originally Posted by e0richt
well, I tried pumping up the tires to around 100 and that does help (though I still cant seem to get the same speed as my other road bike...) but at least its getting dialed in to me and I have about 56 miles on it now.

It seems that the sweet spot gear for me is L2xR6-R7. Unfortunately, that does cause some "rattling" noise (but to be fair, it was the same with my Trek 7100...).
You other road bike has a bigger Chainring and lower thooth count on the rear gears. So it will out run your top speed on the Denali. The Denali has a top gear ratio of 3.41. Most road bikes have a top gear ratio of 4.1 to 4.8 ratio. So that is way the Denali is slower then most road bikes.
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